Статья 23«Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Федеральным Советом Швейцарской Конфедерации о реадмиссии» [рус., англ.]

Вступление в силу, срок действия,

приостановление и прекращение действия

1. С соблюдением пункта 2 настоящей статьи, настоящее Соглашение вступает в силу в первый день второго месяца после даты уведомления Сторонами друг друга о выполнении внутригосударственных процедур, необходимых для его вступления в силу. Если указанная дата имеет место ранее даты вступления в силу Соглашения между Правительством Российской Федерации и Федеральным Советом Швейцарской Конфедерации об упрощении выдачи виз гражданам Российской Федерации и Швейцарской Конфедерации, настоящее Соглашение вступает в силу с той же даты, что и упомянутое Соглашение.

2. Обязательства, предусмотренные в статьях 3 и 5 настоящего Соглашения, начинают применяться по истечении трех лет с даты, указанной в пункте 1 настоящей статьи. В течение этого трехлетнего периода они применяются только к лицам без гражданства и к гражданам тех третьих государств, с которыми Российская Федерация и Швейцарская Конфедерация заключила договоры или договоренности о реадмиссии.

3. Настоящее Соглашение заключается на неопределенный срок.

4. Каждая Сторона в целях обеспечения государственной безопасности, общественного порядка или здоровья населения может приостановить действие настоящего Соглашения полностью или частично. Сторона, принявшая такое решение не позднее чем за 72 часа до приостановления, в письменном виде уведомляет о нем по дипломатическим каналам другую Сторону. Сторона, приостановившая действие данного Соглашения, незамедлительно сообщает другой Стороне по дипломатическим каналам о прекращении существования причин, в силу которых это решение было принято.

5. Каждая Сторона вправе денонсировать настоящее Соглашение, официально уведомив об этом другую Сторону. Настоящее Соглашение прекращает свое действие по истечении шести месяцев с даты получения такого уведомления.

Совершено в г. Берне 21 сентября 2009 года в двух экземплярах, каждый на русском, немецком и английском языках, причем все тексты имеют одинаковую силу.

Для целей толкования настоящего Соглашения будет использоваться текст на английском языке.

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от 21 сентября 2009 года

СПИСОК ДОКУМЕНТОВ, ПРЕДСТАВЛЕНИЕ КОТОРЫХ СЧИТАЕТСЯ ДОКАЗАТЕЛЬСТВОМ НАЛИЧИЯ ГРАЖДАНСТВА

• Паспорта любого рода Российской Федерации, Швейцарской Конфедерации (например, внутренние паспорта, общегражданские заграничные паспорта, национальные паспорта, дипломатические паспорта, служебные паспорта и документы, заменяющие паспорта, в том числе детские паспорта).
• Свидетельство на возвращение в Российскую Федерацию.
• Национальные удостоверения личности Швейцарской Конфедерации.
• Свидетельства о гражданстве или другие официальные документы, в которых упоминается или указывается гражданство (например, свидетельство о рождении).
• Служебные книжки и удостоверения личности военнослужащих.
• Регистрационные книжки моряка, капитанские служебные карточки и паспорта моряков.

от 21 сентября 2009 года

СПИСОК ДОКУМЕНТОВ, ПРЕДСТАВЛЕНИЕ КОТОРЫХ РАССМАТРИВАЕТСЯ КАК КОСВЕННОЕ ДОКАЗАТЕЛЬСТВО НАЛИЧИЯ ГРАЖДАНСТВА

Приложение 2A

• Официальные фотокопии любого из документов, перечисленных в Приложении 1 к настоящему Соглашению.

Приложение 2B

• Водительские удостоверения или их фотокопии.
• Фотокопии любых документов, перечисленных в Приложении 1 к настоящему Соглашению.
• Служебные удостоверения или их фотокопии.
• Письменные заявления свидетелей.
• Письменные заявления, сделанные соответствующим лицом, и язык, на котором он/она говорит, включая результаты официального тестирования.
• Официальные данные дактилоскопической информации.

от 21 сентября 2009 года

СПИСОК ДОКУМЕНТОВ, ЯВЛЯЮЩИХСЯ ДОКАЗАТЕЛЬСТВОМ ОСНОВАНИЙ ДЛЯ РЕАДМИССИИ ГРАЖДАН ТРЕТЬИХ ГОСУДАРСТВ И ЛИЦ БЕЗ ГРАЖДАНСТВА

• Действительная виза и/или разрешение на проживание, выданные запрашиваемым государством.
• Штампы о въезде/выезде или аналогичные отметки в проездном документе соответствующего лица или иные доказательства въезда/выезда (например, фотографические, электронные или биометрические).

от 21 сентября 2009 года

СПИСОК ДОКУМЕНТОВ, ЯВЛЯЮЩИХСЯ КОСВЕННЫМИ ДОКАЗАТЕЛЬСТВАМИ, КОТОРЫЕ ПОДТВЕРЖДАЮТ ОСНОВАНИЯ ДЛЯ РЕАДМИССИИ ГРАЖДАН ТРЕТЬИХ ГОСУДАРСТВ ИЛИ ЛИЦ БЕЗ ГРАЖДАНСТВА

Приложение 4

• Именные билеты на авиарейсы, поезда, автобусы, осуществляющие международные перевозки, или на морские и речные суда, которые подтверждают нахождение и маршрут соответствующего лица с территории запрашиваемого государства на территорию запрашивающего государства.
• Списки пассажиров авиарейсов, поездов, автобусов, осуществляющих международные перевозки, или морских и речных судов, которые подтверждают нахождение и маршрут соответствующего лица с территории запрашиваемого государства на территорию запрашивающего государства.
• Билеты, а также справки и квитанции любого рода (например, счета за гостиницу, талоны на посещение врачей/стоматологов, пропуска в государственные/частные учреждения и т.д.), которые однозначно подтверждают, что соответствующее лицо находилось на территории запрашиваемого государства.
• Официальные заявления, сделанные, в частности сотрудниками пограничных служб и свидетелями, способными подтвердить факт пересечения границы соответствующим лицом.
• Официальное заявление, сделанное соответствующим лицом в ходе судебного или административного разбирательства.
• Описание места и обстоятельств, при которых соответствующее лицо было задержано после въезда на территорию запрашивающего государства.
• Информация, подтверждающая, что соответствующее лицо пользовалось услугами перевозчика или туристического агентства.
• Информация, связанная с установлением личности и/или пребыванием лица, предоставленная международной организацией.
• Сообщения/подтверждение информации членами семьи соответствующего лица, попутчиками и т.д.
• Заявление соответствующего лица.

BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ON READMISSION

(Bern, 21.IX.2009)

The Government of the Russian Federation and Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation, hereinafter referred to as the «Parties»

determined to strengthen their co-operation in order to combat illegal immigration more effectively,

desiring to establish, by means of this Agreement and on the basis of reciprocity, rapid and effective procedures for the identification and return of persons who do not, or no longer, fulfil the conditions for entry to, presence in, or residence on the territory of the Russian Federation or of the Swiss Confederation, and to facilitate the transit of such persons in a spirit of co-operation,

emphasizing that this Agreement shall be without prejudice to the rights, obligations and responsibilities of the Russian Federation and of the Swiss Confederation arising from International Law including International Human Rights law rules, as confirmed, in particular, by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 16 December 1966, the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951 and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees of 31 January 1967, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 4 November 1950 and Protocol № 4 thereto of 16 September 1963, and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 10 December 1984,

considering the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis signed on 26 October 2004,

considering the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the European Community on readmission signed on 25 May 2006,

have agreed as follows:

Definitions

For the purpose of this Agreement:

a) «Requesting State» shall mean the State (Russian Federation or Swiss Confederation) submitting a readmission application pursuant to section III or a transit application pursuant to section IV of this Agreement.

b) «Requested State» shall mean the State (Russian Federation or Swiss Confederation) to which a readmission application pursuant to section III or a transit application pursuant to section IV of this Agreement is addressed.

c) «Readmission» shall mean the transfer by the competent authority of the requesting State and admission by the competent authority of the requested State of persons (own nationals of the requested State, third-country nationals or stateless persons) who have been found illegally entering to, being present in or residing on the territory of the requesting State, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

d) «Third-country national» shall mean any person holding a nationality other than that of the Russian Federation or of the Swiss Confederation.

e) «Stateless person» shall mean any person who does not hold the nationality of the Russian Federation or of the Swiss Confederation, and who has no evidence of holding the nationality of any other State.

f) «Residence authorisation» shall mean an official permit of any type issued by the Russian Federation or by the Swiss Confederation entitling a person to reside on the territory of the Russian Federation or of the Swiss Confederation. This shall not include temporary permissions to remain on the territory of the said States in connection with the processing of an asylum application or an application for a residence authorisation.

g) «Visa» shall mean an authorisation issued or a decision taken by the Russian Federation or by the Swiss Confederation, which is required with a view to entry in, or transit through, the territory of the Russian Federation or of the Swiss Confederation. This shall not include the specific category of airport transit visa.

h) «Central Competent Authority» shall mean the main authority of the Russian Federation or of the Swiss Confederation entrusted with the implementation of this Agreement.

i) «Competent Authority» shall mean a national authority of the Russian Federation or of the Swiss Confederation dealing with the implementation of this Agreement.

j) «Border crossing point» shall mean any crossing-point authorised by the Russian Federation or by the Swiss Confederation for the crossing of their respective border at International airports.

k) «Transit» shall mean the passage of a third-country national or a stateless person through the territory of the requested State while travelling from the requesting State to the country of destination.

l) «Direct entry» shall mean the entry of any person arriving by air on the territory of the requesting State without having entered a third country in-between. Airside transit stays in a third-country shall not be considered as entry.

Readmission of Russian nationals

1. The Russian Federation shall admit, upon application by the Swiss Confederation and in accordance with the procedure provided for in this Agreement, any person who does not, or no longer, fulfil the conditions in force for entry to, presence in, or residence on the territory of the Swiss Confederation provided it is established, in accordance with Article 9 of this Agreement, that such person is a national of the Russian Federation.

The same shall apply to illegally present or residing persons who possessed the nationality of the Russian Federation at the time of entering the territory of the Swiss Confederation but subsequently renounced the nationality of the Russian Federation in accordance with the national laws of the latter, without acquiring the nationality or a residence authorisation of the Swiss Confederation or any other State.

2. After the Russian Federation has given a positive reply to the readmission application, the competent diplomatic mission or consular post of the Russian Federation shall irrespective of the will of the person to be readmitted, as necessary and without delay, issue a travel document required for the return of the person to be readmitted with a period of validity of 30 calendar days. If, for any reason, the person concerned cannot be transferred within the period of validity of that travel document, the competent diplomatic mission or consular post of the Russian Federation shall issue a new travel document with a period of validity of the same duration without delay.

and stateless persons

1. The Russian Federation shall admit, upon application by the Swiss Confederation and in accordance with the procedure provided for in this Agreement, any third-country national or stateless person who does not, or no longer, fulfil the conditions in force for entry to, presence in, or residence on the territory of the Swiss Confederation provided that evidence can be furnished, in accordance with Article 10 of this Agreement, that such person:

a) holds, at the time of submission of the readmission application, a valid visa issued by the Russian Federation entering the territory of the Swiss Confederation directly from the territory of the former; or

b) holds, at the time of submission of the readmission application, a valid residence authorisation issued by the Russian Federation; or

c) unlawfully entered the territory of the Swiss Confederation directly from the territory of the Russian Federation; or

d) was an applicant for asylum in the Russian Federation at the time of his or her departure and did not possess a valid visa for any State he or she passed through on his or her way to the Swiss Confederation.

2. The readmission obligation provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply if:

a) the third-country national or stateless person has only been in airside transit via an International airport of the Russian Federation; or

b) the Swiss Confederation has issued to the third-country national or stateless person a visa or residence authorisation unless that person is in possession of a visa or residence authorisation, issued by the Russian Federation, which has a longer period of validity; or

c) the third-country national or stateless person enjoyed visa-free access to the territory of the Swiss Confederation.

3. After the Russian Federation has given a positive reply to the readmission application, the Swiss Confederation issues to the person concerned a travel document recognized by the Russian Federation.

Readmission of Swiss nationals

1. The Swiss Confederation shall admit, upon application by the Russian Federation and in accordance with the procedure provided for in this Agreement, any person who does not, or no longer, fulfil the conditions in force for entry to, presence in, or residence on the territory of the Russian Federation provided that it is established, in accordance with Article 9 of this Agreement, that such person is a national of the Swiss Confederation.

The same shall apply to illegally present or residing persons who possessed the nationality of the Swiss Confederation at the time of entering the territory of the Russian Federation but subsequently renounced the nationality of the Swiss Confederation in accordance with the national laws of the latter, without acquiring the nationality or a residence authorisation of the Russian Federation or any other State.

2. After the Swiss Confederation has given a positive reply to the readmission application, the competent diplomatic mission or consular post of the Swiss Confederation shall irrespective of the will of the person to be readmitted, as necessary and without delay, issue a travel document required for the return of the person to be readmitted with a period of validity of 30 calendar days. If, for any reason, the person concerned cannot be transferred within the period of validity of that travel document, the competent diplomatic mission or consular post of the Swiss Confederation shall issue a new travel document with a period of validity of the same duration without delay.

and stateless persons

1. The Swiss Confederation shall admit, upon application by the Russian Federation and in accordance with the procedure provided for in this Agreement, any third-country national or stateless persons who does not, or no longer, fulfil the conditions in force for entry to, presence in, or residence on the territory of the Russian Federation provided that evidence can be furnished in accordance with Article 10 of this Agreement that such person:

a) holds, at the time of submission of the readmission application, a valid visa issued by the Swiss Confederation entering the territory of the Russian Federation directly from the territory of the former; or

b) holds, at the time of submission of the readmission application, a valid residence authorisation issued by the Swiss Confederation; or

c) unlawfully entered the territory of the Russian Federation directly from the territory of the Swiss Confederation; or

d) was an applicant for asylum in the Swiss Confederation at the time of his or her departure and did not possess a valid visa for any State he or she passed through on his or her way to the Russian Federation.

2. The readmission obligation provided for in paragraph 1 of this article shall not apply if:

a) the third-country national or stateless person has only been in airside transit via an International airport of the Swiss Confederation; or

b) the Russian Federation has issued to the third-country national or stateless person a visa or residence authorisation unless that person is in possession of a visa or residence authorisation, issued by the Swiss Confederation, which has a longer period of validity; or

c) the third-country national or stateless person enjoyed visa-free access to the territory of the Russian Federation.

3. After the Swiss Confederation has given a positive reply to the readmission application, the Russian Federation issues to the person concerned a travel document recognized by the Swiss Confederation.

Readmission application

1. Subject to paragraph 2 of the present Article, any transfer of a person to be readmitted on the basis of one of the obligations contained in Articles 2 to 5 of this Agreement shall require the submission of a readmission application directly to the central competent authority of the requested State.

2. By derogation of Articles 2 to 5 of this Agreement, no readmission application shall be needed where the person to be readmitted is in possession of a valid national passport and, in case such person is a third-country national or stateless person, also holds a valid visa or residence authorisation of the State which has to admit this person.

Content of readmission applications

Any readmission application is to contain the following information:

a) the particulars of the person concerned (e.g. given names, surnames, date of birth, and — where possible — place of birth, and the last place of residence);

b) indication of the evidence regarding nationality and the grounds for the readmission of third-country nationals and stateless persons as set forth in Articles 3 (1) and 5 (1) of this Agreement.

Reply to the readmission application

A reply to the readmission application shall be given in writing.

Evidence regarding nationality

1. Nationality pursuant to Article 2 (1) and Article 4 (1) of this Agreement can be established by means of at least one of the documents listed in Annex 1 to this Agreement, even if its period of validity has expired. If such documents are presented, the Russian Federation and the Swiss Confederation shall mutually recognise the nationality without further verification being required.

2. If none of the documents listed in Annex 1 to this Agreement can be presented, nationality pursuant to Article 2 (1) and Article 4 (1) of this Agreement can be established by means of at least one of the documents listed in Annex 2 to this Agreement, even if its period of validity has expired.

a) If documents listed in Annex 2 A to this Agreement are presented, the Russian Federation and the Swiss Confederation shall mutually deem the nationality to be established unless they can prove otherwise;

b) If documents listed in Annex 2 B to this Agreement are presented, the Russian Federation and the Swiss Confederation shall mutually deem it as a ground to start an appropriate verification.

3. Nationality cannot be established by means of false documents.

4. The diplomatic mission or consular post of the requested State shall, upon request, make arrangements with the central competent authority of the requesting State to interview the person to be readmitted without undue delay in order to establish his or her nationality:

a) if an appropriate verification according to Paragraph 2b of this Article is necessary; or

b) if none of the documents listed in Annexes 1 and 2 to this Agreement can be presented.

5. The procedure for such interviews is established in the implementing Protocol provided for in Article 21 of this Agreement.

and stateless persons

1. Proof of the grounds for the readmission of third-country nationals and stateless persons laid down in Article 3 (1) and Article 5 (1) of this Agreement can be furnished through at least one of the documents listed in Annex 3 to this Agreement. Any such proof shall be mutually recognized by the Russian Federation and by the Swiss Confederation without any further verification being required.

2. Indirect evidence of the grounds for the readmission of third-country nationals and stateless persons pursuant to Article 3 (1) and Article 5 (1) of this Agreement can be furnished through at least one of the documents listed in Annex 4 to this Agreement.

If means of evidence listed in Annex 4 to this Agreement are presented, the Russian Federation and the Swiss Confederation shall deem it as a ground to start an appropriate verification.

3. Proof of the grounds for readmission of third-country nationals and stateless persons cannot be furnished through false documents.

4. The unlawfulness of entry, presence or residence shall be established by means of the travel documents of the person concerned in which the necessary visa or residence authorisation for the territory of the requesting State is missing. A duly motivated statement by the requesting State that the person concerned has been found not having the necessary travel documents, visa or residence authorisation shall likewise provide prima facie evidence of the unlawful entry, presence or residence.

Return of the wrongfully readmitted persons

The requesting State shall take back without delay a person readmitted by the requested State if it is established that the requirements laid down in Articles 2 and 4 as well as in Articles 3 and 5 of this Agreement were not met. The return of the person concerned has to be conducted within one month after his or her arrival in the territory of the requested State. In this case, the central competent authority of the requested State transmits to the central competent authority of the requesting State all the documents concerning the readmitted person that were transmitted in the process of readmission.

Time limits

1. The application for readmission must be submitted to the central competent authority of the requested State within a maximum of 180 calendar days from the date when the requesting State's competent authority has gained knowledge that a third-country national or a stateless person does not, or no longer, fulfil the conditions in force for entry, presence or residence.

2. A readmission application must be replied to within a maximum of 25 calendar days from the date of confirmed receipt of the readmission application. Where there are legal or factual obstacles to the application being replied to in time, the time limit shall, upon duly motivated request, be extended up to 60 calendar days.

3. Upon expiry of the time limits referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, the readmission shall be deemed to have been agreed to.

4. The person concerned shall be transferred within 90 calendar days. Upon duly motivated request, this time limit may be extended by the time taken to deal with legal or practical obstacles. The time limits provided for in this paragraph begin to run with the date of receipt of a positive reply to the readmission application.

Refusal of a readmission application

Reasons shall be given in writing for refusal of a readmission application.

Transfer modalities and modes of transportation

1. Before transferring a person, the competent authorities of the Russian Federation and of the Swiss Confederation shall make arrangements in writing and in advance regarding the transfer date, the border crossing point and possible escorts.

2. To the extent possible and if necessary, the written arrangements mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article should also contain the following information:

a) a statement indicating that the person to be transferred may need help or care, if this is in the interest of the person concerned;

b) indication of any other protection or security measure which may be necessary in the individual transfer case.

3. Air transportation is used for transfer. Return by air is not restricted to the use of the national carrier or the staff of the requesting State and may take place by using scheduled flights as well as charter flights.

General principles

1. The Russian Federation and the Swiss Confederation shall restrict the transit of third-country nationals or stateless persons to cases where such persons cannot be returned to the State of destination directly.

2. The Russian Federation shall allow the transit of third-country nationals or stateless persons if the Swiss Confederation so requests, and the Swiss Confederation shall authorise the transit of third-country nationals or stateless persons if the Russian Federation so requests, if the onward journey through other States of transit and the admission by the State of destination is assured.

3. Transit can be refused by the Russian Federation or by the Swiss Confederation:

a) if the third-country national or the stateless person runs the risk of being subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment or the death penalty or of persecution because of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political conviction in the State of destination or another State of transit; or

b) if the third-country national or the stateless person shall be subject to criminal prosecution or sanctions in the requested State or in another State of transit; or

c) on grounds of public health, domestic security, public order or other national interests of the requested State.

4. The Russian Federation or the Swiss Confederation may revoke any authorisation issued if circumstances referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article subsequently arise or come to light which stand in the way of the transit operation, or if the onward journey in possible States of transit or the readmission by the State of destination is no longer assured. In this case, the requesting State shall take back the third-country national or the stateless person, as necessary and without delay.

Transit procedure

1. An application for transit operations must be submitted to the central competent authority in writing and is to contain the following information:

a) possible other States of transit and intended final destination;

b) the particulars of the person concerned (e.g. given name, surname, date of birth and — where possible — place of birth, nationality, type and number of travel document);

c) envisaged border crossing point, date and time of transfer and possible use of escorts;

d) a declaration that from the viewpoint of the requesting State the conditions pursuant to Article 15 paragraph 2 of this Agreement are met, and that no reasons for a refusal pursuant to Article 15 paragraph 3 of this Agreement are known of.

2. The requested State shall, in writing, inform the central competent authority of the requesting State of the consent to transit, confirming the border crossing point and the envisaged time of transit, or inform it of the transit refusal and of the reasons for such refusal in writing.

3. The person to be readmitted and possible escorts shall be exempted from having to obtain a specific airport transit visa if they do not cross the border line of the transit zone of the airport.

4. The competent authorities of the requested State shall, subject to mutual consultations, support the transit operations, in particular through the surveillance of the persons in question and the provision of suitable amenities for that purpose.

transit and interviews

Without prejudice to the right of the competent authorities to recover the costs associated with the readmission from the person to be readmitted or third parties, all transport costs incurred in connection with readmission and transit as far as the border-crossing point of the requested State as well as the costs in connection with interviews according to Article 9 (4) of this Agreement shall be borne by the requesting State.

Personal data protection

The communication of personal data shall only take place if such communication is necessary for the implementation of this Agreement by the competent authorities of the Russian Federation or of the Swiss Confederation as the case may be. When communicating, processing or treating personal data in a particular case, the competent authorities of the Russian Federation shall abide by the legislation of the Russian Federation, and the competent authorities of the Swiss Confederation shall abide by the national legislation of the Swiss Confederation. Additionally the following principles shall apply:

a) personal data must be processed fairly and lawfully.

b) personal data must be collected for the specified, explicit and legitimate purpose of implementing this Agreement and not further processed in a way incompatible with that purpose.

c) personal data must be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose for which they are collected and/or further processed; in particular, personal data communicated may concern only the following:

• the particulars of the person to be readmitted (e.g. surname, given name, any previous names, other names used/by which known or aliases, date and place of birth, sex, current and any previous nationality);
• identity card or passport (type, number, period of validity, date of issue, issuing authority, place of issue);
• stop-overs and itineraries;
• other information needed to identify the person to be readmitted or to examine the readmission requirements pursuant to this Agreement.

d) personal data must be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.

e) personal data must be kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than it is necessary for the purpose for which the data were collected or for which they are further processed.

f) Both, the competent authority communicating personal data and the competent authority receiving personal data, shall take every reasonable step to ensure as appropriate the rectification, erasure or blocking of personal data where its processing does not comply with the provisions of lit. c) and d) of this Article, in particular because that data are not adequate, relevant, accurate, or they are excessive in relation to the purpose of processing. This includes the notification of any rectification, erasure or blocking of such data to the other Party.

g) Upon request, the competent authority receiving personal data shall inform the competent authority communicating personal data of the use of the communicated data and of the results obtained therefore.

h) Personal data may only be communicated to the competent authorities. Further communication to other bodies requires the prior consent of the competent authority communicating personal data.

i) The competent authority communicating personal data and the competent authority receiving personal data are under the obligation to make a written record of the communication and receipt of personal data.

Relation to other International obligations

1. This Agreement shall be without prejudice to the rights, obligations and responsibilities of the Russian Federation and of the Swiss Confederation arising from International Law, and in particular from:

a) the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951 and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees of 31 January 1967;

b) the European Convention of 4 November 1950 for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;

c) the Convention of 10 December 1984 against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;

d) International treaties on extradition and transit;

e) Multilateral international treaties containing rules on the readmission of foreign nationals, such as the Convention on International Civil Aviation of 7 December 1944.

2. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the return of a person under other formal arrangements (in particular on extradition).

Expert Meetings

The Parties shall when necessary at the request of one of the Parties organize meetings of experts on the application of this Agreement.

Implementing Protocol

1. The Parties conclude an implementing Protocol which covers rules on:

a) the competent authorities, the airports used as border crossing points, the exchange of information on contact points and the languages for communication;

b) the conditions for escorted transfers, including the transit of third-country nationals and stateless persons under escort;

c) proofs and evidence additional to those listed in the Annexes 1 to 4 to this Agreement;

d) the procedure for interviews provided for in Article 9 of this Agreement.

2. The implementing Protocol referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall enter into force on the same day as this Agreement.

Annexes

Annexes 1 to 4 shall form an integral part of this Agreement.

Entry into force, duration, suspension and termination

1. Subject to paragraph 2 of this Article, this Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the Parties notify each other that the internal procedures required for its entry into force have been completed. If this date is before the date of the entry into force of the agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation on the facilitation of the issuance of visas to the citizens of the Russian Federation and the Swiss Confederation, this Agreement shall only enter into force on the same date as the latter.

2. The obligations set out in Articles 3 and 5 of this Agreement shall become applicable 3 years after the date referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. During that 3-year period, they shall only be applicable to stateless persons and nationals from third-countries with which the Russian Federation and the Swiss Confederation have concluded bilateral treaties or arrangements on readmission.

3. This Agreement is concluded for an unlimited period.

4. Each Party may suspend in whole or in part this Agreement for reasons of public order, protection of national security or protection of public health. The decision on suspension shall be notified to the other Party through diplomatic channels not later than 72 hours before its entry into force. The Party that has suspended the application of this Agreement shall immediately inform the other Party through diplomatic channels once the reasons for the suspension no longer apply.

5. Each Party may denounce this Agreement by officially notifying the other Party. This Agreement shall cease to be in force six months after the date of receipt of such notification.

Done at Bern on the 21 day of September in the year 2009 in duplicate each in the Russian, German and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of divergence in the interpretation of this Agreement the English version shall be used.

21 September 2009

LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR PROOF OF NATIONALITY

• passports of any kind of the Russian Federation, of the Swiss Confederation (e.g. domestic passports, citizens' foreign passports, national passports, diplomatic passports, service passports and surrogate passports including children's passports);
• certificate for return to the Russian Federation;
• national identity cards of the Swiss Confederation;
• citizenship certificates or other official documents that mention or indicate citizenship (e.g. birth certificate);
• service books and military identity cards;
• seaman's registration books, skippers' service cards and seamen's passports.

21 September 2009

LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR INDIRECT EVIDENCE OF NATIONALITY

• official photocopies of any of the documents listed in annex 1 to this Agreement;

• driving licenses or photocopies thereof;

• photocopies of any of the documents listed in annex 1 to this Agreement;

• company identity cards or photocopies thereof;

• written statements by witnesses;

• written statements made by the person concerned and language spoken by him or her, including by means of an official test result;

• official fingerprinting data

LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR PROOF OF THE GROUNDS FOR THE READMISSION OF THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS AND STATELESS PERSONS

• valid visa and/or residence authorisation issued by the requested State;
• entry/departure stamps or similar endorsement in the travel document of the person concerned or other evidence of entry/departure (e.g. photographic, electronic or biometric).

the Government of the Russian Federation and the Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation on readmission of 21 September 2009

LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR INDIRECT EVIDENCE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR THE READMISSION OF THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS AND STATELESS PERSONS

Annex 4

• name tickets of air, train, coach or boat passages which show the presence and the itinerary of the person concerned from the territory of the requested State to the territory of the requesting State;
• passenger lists of air, train, coach or boat passages which show the presence and the itinerary of the person concerned from the territory of the requested State to the territory of the requesting State;
• tickets as well as certificates and bills of any kind (e.g. hotel bills, appointment cards for doctors/dentists, entry cards for public/private institutions, etc.) which clearly show that the person concerned stayed on the territory of the requested State;

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